Tool with detachable handle



Feb. 7, 1928. 1,658,504

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Patented Feb. 7, 19.25.

FRED -WEISS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MlNNESOTA.

TOOL XVITH DETACHABLE 1 HANDLE.

JApplicaition filed August 2, 1 926. Serial.I'1'o..1 2 6,38 4. v

This invention hesztor its generel object t ,prov1de an improved detachable handle which will eccoininoditelverious types of tools. It is particularly an objecto't the invention tojprovide such a handle upon which toolv euches a. spade may be deblv F\ l I l Q Y: (Y lqa 1 0- rec lit .1..eo so is L16 scene may e u.

assembledto take up but-small length space and can be stowed away, for example, in side the body of an automobile, or in a sol- These and other objects and advantages will more fully eppesr from the following description mode; inconnection with the sccoinpenyingdrawings in which like reference characters refer to the some or similar parts;throughout the various views, and in which p p I Fig. l. is it view in front elevation of the device applied to a. shovel;

Fig. through the clamping joint, of the tool Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3-,of Fig. 2, as indicated-by the arrows; v e i Fig. t is 9. horizontal section taken on the line d-4 of Fig. 2, as indicated by the arrows; and I;

Fig. 5 is n view iu tront el ration showing the-dei'iee applied to fork.

in the drawings, a handle member shown as a tube 6 is provided having at its lower end the split portions 6 provided w'th inwardly extending tongues 6 extending longitudinally of the split portions and preferably being oppositely disposed thereon. Inwerdly projecting tabs or lugs 6 are "termed preferably at the lower end of tne split portions of the tube and preterebl oppositely disposed thereon. The lower outer ends of the split portions of the tube 6 form a flange 6 A ring 7 having a bore of a radius epproximately equal to the radius of the outer surface of the tube 6 is placed over the tube. A handle, as handle 8, may be secured to the upper end of the tube. A shank 9 having a shoulder 9 formed therein is provided and may have secured thereto at its lower end a tool such, for example, as the shovel 10 or the fork 11. The shank 9 is reduced in diameter upwardly from the shoulder 9 and has formed in the reduced bortion the longitudinal, grooves 9 preferably on opposite sides thereof, said grooves being of a sizeto accommodate the longitudinal tongues 6" of the tube 6. Recesses are 2 is a longitudinal section taken also provided, being termed on the reduced portion of shank 9 ;preferebl y, adjacent the shoulder S). i i v on thei-shar g-seid reeesses-beingotTe size to itorm sestsgfor the lugs16L The tube .6 is preferably v:coinposed ofunetal such as iron so that some little resiliency will be given to the. split POItlQDSfifh I r I To secureltheshtuik Qinthe tube 6, the

ring '7 is iirst rinsed ,upwardly from the split ,portionstffl Thelgrooves 9 of the shank arefthen zili ned with the tongues 6 and the shank sndthe tubeiare pressed together the,tongues sliding in said grooyes.

Thelugs 6 being mouhdedwillslide over thereduced portion of the shank, the split portions 6 of the tube being spr ung outwerrdly nsthe tube, and shank are joined to gether. lvhenthe lowerfend of the tube 6 contacts the shoulder 9 in the ,shank,,the lug-s69 will spring inwardly to sent the recesses Shot the shank due to the re;

siliency of the, split portions 6*. Thering 7 may now'be slid downwardly on thetube 6 snd tforced over the split portions of the tube. T here will be a tendency forthesplit portions 6 to spring slightly outwardly and accordingly ,when the ring 7 islowered to the p s tiii z show in the dr w ngs, th some will be held under some,resilienttension. The shenk 9 and the tube 6 will now be securely clamped together and the device is ready for use. 'Vurious shanks 9 having different types of tools thereon may be used in connection with the tube 6.

lVhen such a tool as theshovel 10 is being used, as the shovel is pressed into the ground, there will be no tendency for the parts to release themselves from each other, as pressure applied to the handle 8 or the tube 6 will be applied directly against the shoulder 9 of the shank. As the shovel is withdrawn from the ground, the lugs 6, seated in the recesses 9, will prevent the tube 6 from being withdrawn from the shank 9. Relative rotetive movement be tween the tube 6 andthe shank 9 will be prevented by means of the tongues 6 seated within the grooves 9".

slid proterublgi at opposite points I v To dismember the device, the ring 7 is simply forced upwardly towards the top of the tube 6 and the tube and the shank pulled apart. The parts of the device can then be so positioned as to take up but little length space. Flange 6 prevents removal of rlng 7 from] the tube.

.parts without departing from the scope of the present invention which, generally stated, consists of the matter shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

1. A, tool with a detachable handle, comprising a tubular handle member having a split portion at its lower end with an outwardly projecting flange at the extreme end of said split portion, longitudinal tongues projecting inwardly from the inside of said split portion, and lugs projecting inwardly from the lower end of said split portion, a shank having a tool fixed thereto, said shank being adapted to fit within said split portion, said shank having longitudinal grooves within which said tongues are adapted to fit, a shoulder against which said handle member is adapted to abut when said members are joined, and recesses within which said lugs may seat when said handle member and said shank are joined, and said handle member abuts the shoulder on said shank member, and a ring fitting over said handle member and adapted to be sliddownwardly thereon towards said flange to em 2. A device of the class described comprising two members, one of said members having a split hollow receiving end and the other of said members having an end por tion adapted to be received within said receiving end of said first member, said second member having a shoulder thereon against which the end of said first member is adapted to abut when said members are joined, one of said members having lugs thereon and the other of said members having recesses formed therein, said lugs being adapt ed to fit within said recesses when said members are joined and said first member abuts the shoulder of said second member and a ring fitting over said first member and adapted to be forced over the split end thereof to tightly hold said members in engagement when joined.

3. A device of the class described comprising two members, one of which is hollow and split adjacent one end to receive one end of the other member, longitudinal grooves on one of said members, longitudinal tongues on the other of said members adapted to fit within said grooves, the receivable member having a shoulder thereon againstwhich the receiving member is adapted to abut when said members are joined, lugs on one of said members and recesses in the other of said members adapted FRED WEISS. 

